Checked into Gilligans Hostel or holiday resort as it appears, 4 floors, huge nightclub, swimming pool and a free meal when you buy a drink. Cairns is a must stop destination for travelers to reach the Great Barrier Reef and the rain forests, however in cairns itself there isn't much to do. So with the weather looking a bit cloudy what else would Char and Matt find to do apart from look stupid riding a tandem bike?! As people drove past they could not help bu...

Uncle Brian's Fun, Falls and Forest Adventures..... Our trip of the day definitely lived up to its name! Our faces hurt from laughing ALL day long! On booking this trip, we didn't really know what was involved! But wow.... What a fun, awesome day! On meeting our driver Sid we didn't not know how hilarious one guy could be. With his smooth Terry Wogan-esque commentary and super dry humour the day involved such jokes as referring to groups of aboriginals that we p...

Arriving in Cairns at 5:35am meant one thing.... A coffee in McDonald's while we sat amongst the freaks of the night! After a wander around the city, which we thought was much bigger than it actually is, we went to check out what tonight's activities had in store. FREE pizza! That's always a positive! After a failed attempt at a general knowledge quiz and two small slices of pizza we reunited ourselves with the Fraser Island gang (Joe, the Kate, Rachel and Mark)...

You have got to be early to swim with turtles so our last snorkel began at 7am. Turtles are now officially the coolest thing alive. About 1.5 metres in length with a huge shell, we were entertained for half an hour by one funky guy. The sail back to Airlie Beach was peaceful, using nothing but the power of Mother Nature, we glided back at speed. What an awesome adventure with the nicest crew - Jess, Benny and G. The best trip yet!! We had the rest of the afte...

An alarm was not needed for our early morning rise due to the noise of the crashing waves. We were glad of the early wake up call as whilst eating breakfast and watching the sun rise, we were able to watch the turtles of the ocean take their first breaths of the day, what a great way to start the day! After grabbing a wetsuit incase of any stingers in the ocean we jumped on the tether and shot off into the distance towards The Whitsunday's, Whitehaven Beach. An...